Harness-buckle.



10.857,872, I PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907. R. B. CENTERS.

HARNESS BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 27. 1906.

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ROLLIE BEE CENTERS, OF PINE RIDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed June 27,1906. Serial No. 323,651.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, RoLLiE BEE CENTERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pine Ridge, in the county of Shannon, State of South Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness- Buckles gand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

This invention having relation to harness buckles is designed to providea device in which the tongue or holding element of the strap will behoused within the frame and its outlines so that it will not be liableto be caught upon other parts and thus become loosed or broken. Thereare other features in its construction that enhance its efficiency andthe convenience with which it may be oper-v ated, as will presentlyappear.

The nature of the invention is to be fully understood from the annexeddrawings, forming a part of this specification, taken in connection withthe following detailed description disclosing the construction and modeof operation of the invention, the latter being pointed out withparticularity in the subjoined claim.

Of the said drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the invention, thestrap being buckled by the device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig.3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Similarfigures of reference designate similar parts or features, as thecase maybe, Whereever they occur.

In the drawings, 5 5 designate the side bars of the buckle, across theforward ends of which there extends a kee er bar 6, under which the end7 of the buck ed strap may be passed. 8 designates a guard platedisposed across the rearward ends of the side-bars and rounded on itstop so that it may not present any corners or points to catch upon otherparts of the harness, fly-nets or blanket. At the rear end the side barsproject slightly, and across this projection there extends a rounded bar9, around which the loop 10 of a strap independent of that buckled bythe device may extend or be lapped. The inner side of each side bar isprovided with a groove 1 1 into which the ends of a bar 12 extend, thesaid bar being provided on its upper side with a vertical tongue 13,that enters one of the holes 14 made in the strap 15 to be buckled.

In use, the end of the strap 15will be passed from right to left (asshown in the drawings) under the guard plate 8 to the position desired,when the tongue 13 on the bar 12 will be passed through one of the holes14 of the strap, and the said bar will be moved backward, or to theright, as viewed in the drawings, so that the tongue will be under theguard plate 6 thus holding the strap positively in place. The tongue 13will be long enough to nearly reach the top of the guard plate, and thegrooves 1l will terminate short of the forward end of the buckle so thatthe tongue bar 12 cannot be drawn out of its grooves and so, also, thatthe strap will stop in the buckle at a predeterminate point. There is noconnection between the side-bars intermediate of their ends; so that themanipulation of the ends of the straps and the tongue-slide is free fromobstruction.

A buckle having the structural character described may be readilyemployed, is strong and durable, will operate positively and is notliable to catch upon other parts and become damaged or damage otherparts of the harness.

What isclaimed as the invention, is

1. A harness buckle consisting of the side bars longitudinally groovedon their inner sides, a plate adapted at its ends to slide in the saidgrooves and provided on its upper side with a vertical tongue, a guardplate at the forward end rounded on top and extending across the upperedges of the side bars under which the tongue bar stops when the tongueis engaged withastrap, astrap-attaching bar at the rear, and a keeperbar.

2. A harness-buckle, comprising side-bars grooved on their inner sidesfrom near their ends, said side-bars being connected at their ends andopen and freeV of connections centrally, a tongue plate adapted at itsends to slide in said grooves, a guard plate at the rearward end, across-bar below said guard plate, and a housing plate across the topportions of the side-bars rounded on top, under which the tongue-bar isstopped in predeterminate position,

In testimony whereof, I a'llix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

` 'ROLLIE BEE CENTERS.

Witnesses:

ALBERT L. BAENUM, F. E. MOINTYEE.

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